Patents Examined by Philip Tucker
  • Patent number: 9482004
    Abstract: A method for producing a panel sandwich (2, 17, 40) for use as a wall, ceiling or floor panel (1, 16) comprising at least the following steps: providing a base panel (7, 20, 31) made of wood-based material, arranging a sound-insulating layer (9, 18) above the base panel (7, 20, 31), arranging a cover panel (11, 22, 38) above the base panel (7, 20, 31), pressing the sandwich, wherein an elastic plastic material is used to produce the sound-insulating layer (9, 18), wherein according to a first alternative of the invention, a closed-cell foam (9a) is arranged as the elastic plastic material, wherein the plastic material before being introduced into the sandwich panel has an elasticity modulus under pressure of 0.25 MPa to 1.5 MPa, according to a second alternative of the invention, the elastic plastic material applied is a self-adhesive plastic material (18c) which connects the base panel (20) to the cover panel (22), is elastic when set, has an elasticity modulus under pressure of 0.25 MPa to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Flooring Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Roger Braun
  • Patent number: 9468562
    Abstract: A method for producing sanitary articles (10) wearable as pants, provided with at least one pair of side panels (16) designed to connect the end parts of the article around the waist of the user envisages providing a web of laminar material (31) for the aforesaid side panels (16) and subjecting said web of laminar material (31) to segmentation (90) by cutting the web with cuts (91, 91?) so as to obtain a chain of said side panels (16). Two webs of laminar material are provided for the lateral containment sheets (22) of the topsheet (13), and each side panel (16) is connected (110) by welding (45) to the corresponding lateral containment sheet (22) at its own proximal edge (160).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: FAMECCANICA.DATA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Gabriele Sablone
  • Patent number: 9471163
    Abstract: A shield that is attachable to a touch sensitive screen is disclosed. The shield may be attached to the touch sensitive screen only at its outer peripheral portion. An air gap is enclosed between the shield and the touch sensitive screen to form a planar air bearing. The shield preferably does not touch the active area of the touch sensitive screen when the user is not touching the shield but only viewing the touch sensitive screen through the shield. This mitigates unwanted optical artifacts such as trapped air bubbles, Newton rings and chromatic interference while maintaining the sensitivity of the touch sensitive screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen S. Wilson, Bart Wilson, Seth Wilson
  • Patent number: 9469094
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing matrix material from a web of cut adhesive backed labels. A matrix stripping apparatus comprises a rotating cylinder for receiving a web of cut adhesive labels, a source for applying an electrostatic charge to the web of cut adhesive labels, and a separation member to facilitate separation of the matrix from a web comprising cut labels and a release liner. Applying an electrostatic charge to the web assists in holding the web against the rotating cylinder and relieves tension in the separation and removal of the matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Previty, Alan Green, Dennis R. Benoit
  • Patent number: 9464216
    Abstract: This invention provides an adhesive agent with a stronger adhesive force that can adhere and be peeled reversibly with the irradiation of light. With the use of a liquid crystalline polymer compound containing azobenzene or a sugar alcohol derivative containing a hydroxyl group and azobenzene, a photo-reactive adhesive agent that can strongly adhere to and be peeled from a substrate reversibly with the irradiation of light can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Haruhisa Akiyama, Masaru Yoshida, Hideki Nagai
  • Patent number: 9466516
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cylindrical thermal insulation wall body having a holding unit of a heater element formed in an inner peripheral surface includes processing a plate-shaped thermal insulation member such that a plurality of groove portions are formed at a predetermined pitch, processing the thermal insulation member such that an angle between either of the first surface and the second surface, and a third surface on which the groove portions are formed, is 90+180/n degrees, and manufacturing the cylindrical thermal insulation wall body by bonding a plurality of sectional thermal insulation members, wherein the plurality of sectional thermal insulation members are bonded such that the groove portions of the adjacent sectional thermal insulation members are aligned with each other and to form the holding unit in the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical thermal insulation wall body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9461450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming an anchor on an insulated cable so as, for example, to attach an electrical power cable to an electrical apparatus. The method includes the steps of providing a wicking material in contact with the insulation of the cable; introducing a liquid, settable adhesive into the wicking material on the insulated cable; and allowing the liquid, settable adhesive to be wicked into the wicking material and to set so as to bond the wicking material to the insulation of the cable and form a projecting anchor on the insulated cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Pratley Investments (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Kimleigh George Montague Pratley
  • Patent number: 9457614
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing an article notably enabling a decorative film to be fixed to a final support is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: CORSO MAGENTA
    Inventors: Stanislas Chevallier, Jerome De Dinechin
  • Patent number: 9457552
    Abstract: Device for stripping a product substrate off a carrier substrate connected to the product substrate by an bonding layer by means of a film frame, a flexible film which is connected to the film frame and which has an adhesive layer for holding the product substrate in a contacting surface section of the film, the film being connected to the film frame in an attachment section of the film which surrounds the contacting surface section, as well as a solvent reservoir formed by the film frame and the film, especially of variable volume, for holding the solvent for detaching the bonding layer, and the product substrate and the bonding layer can be accommodated in the solvent reservoir, and by delivery means for delivering the solvent into the solvent reservoir and by stripping means for stripping the product substrate off the carrier substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: EV Group GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Paul Lindner, Jurgen Burggraf
  • Patent number: 9455165
    Abstract: A die bonding device includes: a wafer holder supporting a wafer where a die is formed; an ejector holder disposed at the wafer holder below the wafer and supporting a die ejector that assists separating the die from the wafer; a support unit supporting a substrate where the die is to be attached; a bonding unit that picks up the die from the wafer and attaches the picked-up die to the substrate; an ejector buffer unit that receives the die ejector; and a replacing unit that transfers the die ejector between the ejector holder and the ejector buffer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yisung Hwang, Sugil Lee, Dongjun Kim, Yongdae Ha
  • Patent number: 9452597
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an anti-fatigue mat employs a pre-formed gel cushioning member that includes opposed major surfaces. One of the opposed major surfaces of the gel cushioning member is heated and liquefied. A flexible support sheet is applied and bonded to the liquefied surface of the gel cushioning member. The remaining opposed surface of the gel cushioning member is then heated and liquefied. A flexible base sheet is applied and bonded to this liquefied surface of the gel cushioning member. The method may move one of the opposed surfaces of the gel cushioning member adjacent a heat source to liquefy a portion of the gel cushioning member passing by the heat source. A flexible sheet is dispensed or applied to the liquefied portion of the gel cushioning member as the liquefied portion passes by a flexible sheet dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: LET'S GEL, INC.
    Inventor: Robert L. McMahan
  • Patent number: 9447880
    Abstract: A method for securing a first housing member to a second housing member of a device, includes affixing a set of tape adhesive portions to a first section of a perimeter of the second housing member and distributing a liquid adhesive to a second section of the perimeter of the second housing member. The method further includes compressing the liquid adhesive into at least one compressed liquid adhesive portion to create a sealant for securing the first housing member to the perimeter of the second housing member, wherein the sealant comprises the set of tape adhesive portions and the at least one compressed liquid adhesive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Ryan P. Holcomb, Joseph L. Allore, Richard R. Chomko
  • Patent number: 9440483
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for laminating a substrate with a decoration (104), wherein the substrate comprises a first portion (114) and a second portion (116), wherein the method simultaneously comprises membrane lamination and press lamination, wherein the press lamination is carried out in a first region (118) of the decoration (104), and the membrane lamination is carried out in a second region (122) of the decoration (104), wherein the first region (118) directly borders the second region (122), wherein the first region (118) comprises the first portion fully and the second portion partially, and wherein the second region comprises the part of the second portion that is not contained in the first region (118).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: FAURECIA INNENRAUM SYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Christof Oldemeier, Bertram Lohr, Jens Reinert
  • Patent number: 9434139
    Abstract: A system for repair of damaged holes in composite structures incorporates a repair system tool device having a sleeve sized to be closely received in a hole in a composite structure. The sleeve has a central bore for receiving parent resin and an array of orifices for radial expulsion of the parent resin into the hole. A caul plate seals the central bore and a vacuum bag covering the caul plate is sealed to the surface of the composite structure. Introduction of vacuum in the vacuum bag provides a differential pressure for infusion of resin from the orifices in the sleeve into delaminations extending from the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Eugene Dan-Jumbo
  • Patent number: 9437571
    Abstract: A bonding device includes: a plurality of laser oscillators that oscillate laser beams; a plurality of guide beam parts that guide the laser beams oscillated from the laser oscillators; a bonding tool that is irradiated and heated by the laser beams guided from the guide beam parts so that an electronic part held on the bonding tool is heated by the laser beams and is bonded to a base plate. The bonding tool is segmented into a plurality of heat regions, each of the heat regions is irradiated by the laser beams that are guided through the guide beam parts so that some of the heat regions are heated at a temperature different from other heat regions, and an insulation part is disposed at a middle section between two of the heat regions, the insulation part suppressing a heat transfer between the heat regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yasuyoshi, Eiji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9428294
    Abstract: A carousel labeling machine, comprising a plurality of peripheral seats which are each adapted to accommodate a supporting carriage of a labeling station provided with wheels, each seat being supported integrally by the structure of the carousel and comprising elements adapted to lock a carriage in such a position as to ensure the correct application of the labels to the containers that are present on the carousel by the labeling station mounted on the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: P.E. LABELLERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Cordioli
  • Patent number: 9425349
    Abstract: A lift-off method transfers an optical device layer of an optical device wafer onto a transfer substrate. The optical device layer is stacked on a front face of an epitaxy substrate with a buffer layer provided therebetween. A complex substrate formation step forms a complex substrate by joining the transfer substrate to a front face of the optical device layer of the optical device wafer with an adhesive. A buffer layer destruction step irradiates a laser beam at a wavelength that penetrates the epitaxy substrate and is absorbed by the buffer layer from a rear side of the epitaxy substrate of the complex substrate so as to destroy the buffer layer. An optical device layer transfer step peels off the epitaxy substrate and transfers the optical device layer onto the transfer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Morikazu
  • Patent number: 9415550
    Abstract: Exemplary method and system can be implemented and/or used for providing a diffractive configuration in an optical arrangement can be provided. For example, an elastomeric material can be provided with at least one patterned surface. The elastomeric material can be connected with at least one portion of a waveguide arrangement using a pre-polymer adhesive composition. Further, the pre-polymer adhesive composition can be caused to polymerize so as to form the diffractive configuration which at least approximately replicate a structure or at least one feature of an elastomeric mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett Eugene Bouma, Dongkyun Kang, George M. Whitesides, Rames Martinez
  • Patent number: 9415411
    Abstract: A masking plug may including a retainer having a longitudinal axis, the retainer including a central portion and an axially aligned anchor portion, the anchor portion being outwardly biased relative to the longitudinal axis, and a plug body disposed around the central portion, wherein the anchor portion is configured to exert an axial force upon the plug body when inserted within an opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eric E. Deck, Carl Dekker
  • Patent number: 9415577
    Abstract: A composite radius filler having a varying cross-sectional shape is pre-conditioned before being pultruded through forming dies. The composite filler radius filler includes a tab ply having a varying width that is laminated onto a supporting, full width base ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Donald J. Sutkus, Sandie H. Cheung Hallman, Courtney M. Fix, Douglas A. McCarville